© 2013 Bob Hackett
USSURI MARU was completed as a passenger-cargo ship in 1932. She was
requisitioned in 1943 by the IJA and converted to a transport. USSURI MARU was
bombed and sunk by an American aircraft in 1944 SW of the Pescadore Islands.
| Builder and Year Completed: |
Mitsubishi, Nagasaki 1932 |
| Gross tonnage: | 6,386-tons. |
| Dimensions: | 424' (LOA)' x 55' x 33' |
| Propulsion: | 2 steam turbine engines, 6,500 S.H. P, 2 shaft |
| Speed: | 14 knots cruising, 18.1 knots maximum. |
| Armament: | Unknown |
